Pachinko

it's a good book but just didn't do much for me
I'm really sorry about all the women and whatever they were overcoming all their life
and to be honest, I'm a bit tired of all these books where stupid useless men are doing idiotic things, and women have to deal with the consequences

“Pachinko was a foolish game,” Lee writes, “but life was not.” The reader could be forgiven for thinking that the reverse might also be true. Min Jin Lee’s “Pachinko” is honest writing, fiction that looks squarely at what it is, both terrible and wonderful and occasionally as bracing as a jar of Sunja’s best kimchi. The last third of the novel felt rushed and the ending somewhat abrupt, but still, this was a meticulously researched and fascinati...read more

A compelling story that provided such insight into Korean culture during a tumultuous period in the history of Korea.

4.25

Brilliant work!